A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
لا يأخذ الكرى بمعقد جفنه (karā bi-m. jafnihī) no slumber closed his lids
Root: ع-ق-د
Page: 735*
Example: “اِستَلقَت في سَريرِها مُفَكِّرَةً في مُستَقبَلِها الغامِضِ، وَما أَخَذَ الكَرى بِمَعقِدِ جَفنِها”
Translation: “she laid down on her bed, thinking about her uncertain future, and sleep never came”
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 
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